RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Illustrated by Asit Kumar Haldar
Allahabad: Indian Press
1930
Original cloth portfolio with tipped-in plates on loose mounts as issued together with a 16-page ribbon-bound booklet of Khayyam's quatrains
There are 12 colour plates tipped-in on individual thick cardboard sheets with tissue guards bearing the relevant quatrain in red. The set is enclosed in a purpose-built cardboard foldover box with wooden toggles.
Plates 10.5 x 6.5 inches
Cardboard mounts 14.5 x 10 inches
Box 15 x 10.5 inches
Booklet 13.5 x 8.5 inches
This lot will be sold in "as is" condition.
There may be some minor tears/creases scratches, or holes commensurate with age that may not be visible in the images.
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